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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.0332
(0Day) Hewlett-Packard Virtual SAN Appliance hydra.exe Login
Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
24 March 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Hewlett-Packard Virtual SAN Appliance
Publisher: Zero Day Initiative
Operating System: VMWare ESX Server
Microsoft Hyper-V
Impact/Access: Administrator Compromise -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: None
Original Bulletin:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-111
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ZDI-11-111: (0Day) Hewlett-Packard Virtual SAN Appliance hydra.exe Login Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-111
March 23, 2011
- -- CVSS:
10, (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
- -- Affected Vendors:
Hewlett-Packard
- -- Affected Products:
Hewlett-Packard Virtual SAN Appliance
- -- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard Virtual SAN appliance.
Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The flaw exists within the hydra.exe component which listens by default
on port 13838. When parsing a login request the Hydra daemon will call
sscanf() using fixed-length stack buffers and no length checks. A remote
attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under
the context of the SYSTEM service.
- -- Vendor Response:
March 23, 2011 - This vulnerability is being disclosed publicly without
a patch in accordance with the ZDI 180 day deadline.
- -- Mitigations:
This vulnerability could be mitigated by administrators by restricting
communication with the hydra agent to known client IP addresses.
- -- Disclosure Timeline:
2010-09-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-03-23 - Public release of advisory
- -- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Nicolas Gregoire of Agarri (www.agarri.fr)
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